وَيَقُولُ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
لَوۡلَآ
أُنزِلَ
عَلَيۡهِ
ءَايَةٞ
مِّن
رَّبِّهِۦۚ
قُلۡ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
يُضِلُّ
مَن
يَشَآءُ
وَيَهۡدِيٓ
إِلَيۡهِ
مَنۡ
أَنَابَ
٢٧
The disbelievers say, “If only a sign could be sent down to him from his Lord.”1 Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Indeed, Allah leaves to stray whoever He wills, and guides to Himself whoever turns to Him—
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And those who disbelieved say, "Why has a sign not been sent down to him from his Lord?" Say, [O Muḥammad], "Indeed, Allāh leaves astray whom He wills and guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him] -
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Disbelievers ask for Miracles, Allah's Response to Them
Allah says that the idolators said,
لَوْلاَ
(Why is not), meaning, there should be,
أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ
(a sign sent down to him from his Lord) The idolators also said,
فَلْيَأْتِنَا بَِايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ الاٌّوَّلُونَ
(Let him th
…Disbelievers ask for Miracles, Allah's Response to Them
Allah says that the idolators said,
لَوْلاَ
(Why is not), meaning, there should be,
أُنزِلَ عَلَيْ
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